POPS Officers 

President: Julia Campbell
Email: julia.campbell004@gmail.com

Julia is a third-year from San Antonio, Texas, pursuing a BSA in Biology and Business Foundations. She has been passionate about the field of Optometry for as long as she can remember. She hopes to become an optometric glaucoma specialist and practice alongside her dad (who is also her best friend) at his private practice. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends and re-watching The Office on Netflix for the hundredth time.
External VP: Anngelique Plante
Email: anngeliqueplante@yahoo.com

Anngelique is a fourth-year BSA Biology and Business Foundations major from Fort Worth, Texas. She currently works as a technician at B Vo Vision. In her spare time, she enjoys watching Netflix and painting, and she is obsessed with coffee and queso.
Internal VP: Courtney Dang
Email: dangcourtney96@gmail.com

Courtney is a fourth-year biochemistry major from Austin, Texas. She's an Austinite at heart and enjoys being outdoors playing sports and going to music shows and concerts. She works part time at a local eye doctor's office that specializes in glaucoma. When she's not busy with school or work, she loves spending time with her family and friends and finishing whatever show she started on Netflix! She loves animals and hopes to one day have her own practice so she can support her dogs.
Secretary: Zebin Dholasaniya
Email: zdholasaniya@yahoo.com
Zebin is a third-year BSA Biology and Business Foundations major from Friendswood, Texas. She is an avid reader and writer with the hopes of publishing her own novel one day. She works part-time at a local eye doctor's office. In her spare time, she enjoys binge watching superhero, crime, and drama television series. 
Treasurer: Louise Le
E-mail: llouise.le@gmail.com
Louise is a fourth-year BS Psychology major from Arlington, Texas. She enjoys working with kids and hopes to become a pediatric specialist. In her spare time, she likes to catch up on television shows and find new places to eat in Austin.
 Volunteer Coordinator: Thao Phan
Email:​ ​thaonguyen_phan13@yahoo.com
Thao is a third-year biology major with a BFP certificate. When she is not stressed about school, she loves going out to concerts and exploring new places to eat. She would love for POPS to continue to grow and for members to become closer and be able to rely on each other with whatever the case may be.
 Social Chair: Emma Stahr
​Email: stahr.emma@yahoo.com
Emma is a fourth-year BSA Biology and Business Foundations major from League City, Texas. She's a volunteer at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired working as a science helper. One of her talents includes quoting obscure Will Ferrell lines and in her free time she enjoys petting other peoples' dogs.
 Historian: Lilia Dinh
Email: liliadinh96@gmail.com
Lilia is a third-year BSA Biology and Business Foundation Major from Austin, Texas. She currently works as a technician at Aspire Vision Care and shadows their vision therapy clinic.  In her free time, she likes to garden with her parents, sightseeing, and crafting.

Officer Duties and Responsibilities

President
  • Official representative of POPS
  • Preside over club meetings and activities
  • Attend Health Professional Council (HPC) meetings
  • Initiate committees as the need arises, with the consent of club
  • Reserve rooms and plan for general meetings and officer meetings
  • Invite guest speakers
  • Organize tours/field trips/major events.
  • Help keep officers on task and also help them as needed
  • Keep organization’s documents and other misc. papers together; pass on to President-elect
  • Check POPS mailbox regularly

External Vice President
  • Assume Presidential duties if President is absent from meetings/activities
  • Assist President in managing and coordinating meetings, events, and activities
  • Attend other functions in the President’s absence and take minutes
  • Write "Thank You" cards to all of our guest speakers and occasionally buy gifts of gratitude for selected speakers
  • Carry out other duties as assigned by President
  • Create and post flyers for upcoming meetings
  • Attend Natural Science Council (NSC) meetings

Internal Vice President
  • Oversee OptoFamily and Big Sib/Lil Sib Program
  • Design and order T-shirts
  • Create donation letter to send to local optometrists

Secretary
  • Create and update website
  • Take minutes of every meeting including notes from speaker’s presentation
  • Inform members of meetings and activities
  • Take attendance at all meetings and events
  • Pass out and compile the info sheets on all members
  • Keep track of points
  • Make the newsletters for each meeting; pass out to members
  • Collect extra brochures/documents from speakers and keep locker organized
  • Update and manage website regularly with announcements, member points, pictures, and meeting minutes/notes
  • Send job openings to listserv and post on website

Treasurer
  • Collect dues and keep record of payments
  • Deposit money into bank
  • Reimburse members for meeting supplies, t-shirts, etc.
  • Set budgets during the year including meetings, socials, etc.
  • Organize fundraisers
  • Keep records of all transactions with bank

Volunteer Coordinator
  • Inform and remind members about new volunteer opportunities at the beginning of each semester (i.e. Prevent Blindness or TSBVI)
  • Help promote volunteer events related to the health care professio
  • Compile a list of doctors that are willing to let students shadow them
  • Be aware of possible volunteer opportunities throughout the semester
  • Communicate periodically with Prevent Blindness President and announce upcoming screening events

Social Chair
  • Plan, manage, and oversee socials during the year, scheduling at least one per month
  • Coordinate intramural sports
  • Plan end-of-year banquet

Historian
  • Maintain, decorate, and update the bulletin board in Welch
  • Take pictures at meetings and events; send pictures to Webmaster
  • Banner design for UH Spring Conference
  • Organize scrapbook with help from members
  • Create banquet slideshow at the end of the year

Past POPS Officers

2015-2016
2016-2017
Pictured: Megan Martin (President), Alice Thai (Social Chair), Amanda Andrade (Historian), Jerry Luo (Treasurer), Melissa Reveles (Secretary), Selena Aloisio (Internal VP), Callie Munson (Volunteer Coordinator)
Not Pictured: Maurice Leung (External VP - Fall)
Pictured: Courtney Dang (Secretary), Anngelique Plante (Volunteer Coordinator), Laura Moyer (Historian), Corey Snyder (Treasurer), Julia Campbell (Social Chair)
Jerry Luo (Internal VP), Selena Aloisio (President), Melissa Reveles (Secretary)